Tessa Teevan

Ignite

Samantha Emery

I think I must be a hard hearted cow or something!

But this book was just too much. Too much cheese, on top of cheese with a side ordering of cheese!

And boring! An awful lot of nothing happening, for an awful lot of pages other than overly cheesy declarations to anyone who will listen!

And Jace seemed to have some issue with a "twitching" dick. And if it was not twitching, his groin was feeling a "pull" I think he needed to get that checked out! But he managed to pass it onto Alexa who managed to have a fire ignite in her knickers and found herself "dampening" them almost constantly!

Seriously, there is something to be said for subtlety people!

They do not see each other for 10 years, spend a weekend together with all the over the top hearts and flowers and sharing. Then write to each other like:

"Every night now ends with a memory of you, imagining you in that sexy bikini, or on a really good night I can still see how your face softened, the way you bit your lip while you braced yourself on my shoulders as you came for the first time when I was finally inside you. If I close my eyes, I can practically feel the way you clenched around me as you got your release"

"The thought of your hands running over my body has me feeling so hot that I may have to do something to put out the flames until you're here to do it yourself. I guess I'll just have to pretend that my fingers are yours, long and gentle, running over the length of my body before you stop to caress me between my legs...."

And it got worse!

I felt vaguely embarrassed for them in all honesty!



I got so bored, I decided to start playing a game counting all the pop culture references etc, of which there were many!

Amazon/Amazon Prime - 2
Kindle - 10
Netflix - 3
Skype -2 
Man U -2 
Man City -2 
English Premier League - 1
Star Wars - 6
Kristen Ashley- 1
Kristen Ashley's book Breathe- 1
Kristen Ashley's book characters Faye and Chace -1
UPS- 1
Various Songs - at least 6
Ipod/Ihome - 2
American baseball teams - too many to count
Various other movies - at least ten
Facebook - 9
Myspace - 2

Yes, I am rather sad, but as I said, I got bored. And it was overkill! I was starting to suspect she was under some sort of sponsorship from these companies/products for mentioning them!

All in all, boring, predictable and very cheesy!

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I've read a lot of second chance romances, but Ignite will always stand out for me as being among the best of the best. It was everything a second chance story should be: believable, sweet, charming, sexy and downright HOT. The flow of the story was wonderful. It covers a long span of time, but does so without ever dragging. I loved everything about this book.

  
    "You just don't get it. You've never gotten it. It makes me crazy, but I also love that about you, Alexa. You're so unaware that it drives me insane."
  

Lexi was a girl after my own heart. She's spunky and knows what she wants. Additionally, she's a huge sports fan and I can totally relate. Except my sport is football and my team is the Steelers. (Which, by the way, made me LOVE the story about how she and her husband met. It was a wonderful touch. I know ALL about that Cincinnati/Pittsburgh rivalry.) :) She was so young to have gone through the loss of a husband and the pain and guilt she felt broke my heart.

  
    "He was just Jace. My confidant. My shoulder. My best friend. And the first guy I ever loved."
  

Jace is pretty much the perfect book boyfriend. He's hot and sexy – and military to boot! He was also sweet and very obviously cared for Lexi. He was so damns swoony. I loved their backstory and that, in a bit of a role reversal from most books of the genre, he was the one pining away for her after all those years. Friends-first love is always the best. This second chance was for both of them. They loved each other in high school, but waited too long to make a move. Life took them in different directions and then thrust them back together for this chance. They didn't waste it.

  
    "Oh, you think this is funny? Well, Sierra was right! You are like a blue clit master! Did you have some little Yoda-like creature teach you his ways? Fuck her, do not. Come, she cannot. Wait, no, that doesn't work. Jedis use light sabers, and clearly you have an issue with using yours!"
  

Jeremy and Sierra were wonderful secondary characters. Their chemistry jumped off the page and they were both great friends to Lexi and Jace. There were some downright hysterical moments that had me literally laughing out loud. "Blue clit master?" Brilliant.

  
    "Alexa, I've never forgotten about you. I've never had a connection with any other woman like the one you and I had – that I know we still have. You were my only. You were it for me. My home run. My grand slam. My perfect game. I've never, I will never, ever want anyone but you," he confesses.
  

If you enjoy second chance romances with humor and heart, with characters you just can't forget, sexy scenes that are steaming HOT, a love that's meant to be and an ending that will leave you smiling for days, Ignite is your book. Of course, it made me shed a few tears along the way, too. So many feels! I thoroughly enjoyed Tessa's writing, character and story and I can't wait to read more from her.

When I reached the playlist at the end of the book and realized how many amazing songs inspired this story, I had to make my own playlist. If you're a Spotify user, you can enjoy it too.

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